2006 Nsw Xmas Case (december)

[Gerard_M]

I am not going to be able to get my brew into a bottle & in respectable condition in time. I am regrettfully pulling the pin on this one. I will still be able to cart around a few crates though.
Cheers
Gerard

 

[homebrewworld.com]

Well, my brew is on its last couple of bubles from the fermenter as i speak, but it will be bottled and delivered to Beerslayer on Sat.
Cold conditioned not..........

 

[Linz]

Can these guys get their cases to Beerslayers by Friday evening??

...as I have been informed the swap will be this Sat Lunch time, and I will collecting them EARLY Saturday morning.


Homebrewworld.com
mikem108
Barry
Barramundi

Thanks

 

[Duff]

Folks,

I am close to setting a time with Pint of Lager to arrange collection of her contribution on Saturday. It may see me however getting back to my place by 11.00am. Linz and n00ch, if you aim to be there between 11.00 - 12pm it would work out well.

To those who haven't yet dropped off at my place, be there no later than 12pm Saturday with your contribution. Drop off by Friday are still fine, if I'm not home leave them by the front door. If you drop off Saturday, then you can take home your crates straight away and start enjoying them that night.

Brett.

 

[mikem108]

I've teed up a thurs nite or fri arvo delivery to beerslayers


I bottled last saturday after extensive secondary and cCing, added fresh yeast so let no.12 go for a while, min 4 weeks.

 

[Weizguy]

If all goes well, bottling the weizen tonight.

Cleaned bottles laaaate last night, and drip dry upside down in a storage box, on a clean towel.

Should still taste OK. If it's wrong (for whatever reason) at bottling, I'll have to send 500ml bottles of well-lagered rauchbier (coz that's the only other beer I have, in suitable quantity).

Think positive..., it'll be fine!

Seth

 

[Barry]

Good Day
Sorry but I have to drop out. My batch has turned into bottle bombs. I found two had exploded so I twisted the top off another one and it spewed a torrent of foam. Too dangerous to move. :angry:
Don't know why. Made two identical batches, same time for brewing, bottling same OG and FG etc. Been drinking the other batch, slightly high carbonation but very OK. The exploding one tastes clean so not wild yeast. Seems the yeast just decided take off again even after 45 days in the fermenters.
Gee Murphy keeps making this hobby interesting.
I apologise for the inconvenience caused.

 

[Stuster]

Gee, they're dropping like flies. Sorry to hear you can't join the fun, Barry and Gerard.

Hope this isn't going to disrupt the sorting too much, Duff. I guess we'll get more of our own back. :unsure:

 

[DJR]

Bad news guys, bad news.

Good news is i (might) get more of my own Kolsch back - that is good since it is a good batch and i really wanted some more of it than the 1.5 stubbies i got after bottling was finished

 

[beer slayer]

Sorry to here your pulling out Barry. Your contibutions are one to look foward too.
Looks like I should have all the rest in time for Linz to P/U on Sat. morn

:beer:

BS

 

[Barramundi]

mine is bottled , labelled, tasted and ready for delivery to beer slayers tomorrow arvo/evening ..

although i think another couple of weeks bottle conditioning wouldnt hurt it , the smaple i just had was quite nice ...

 

[DJR]

Just opened another taster bottle then... some (slightly) bad news.

If my beer's not at very cold temps it will foam a bit, it might be about 20-30% overcarbonated (damn calculator). Wasn't too bad and it wasn't that cold, so it should be OK, might have just got a bad bottle. Just a note of caution.

Not quite ready for drinking yet either, still just a bit sweet. Leave it till the end of next week and drink it cold.

It is nice though despite the foaming

 

[Linz]

Should I get a plastic tray for the back of the truck????

 

[Weizguy]

Update from the Teninch Brewery:

The weizen is bottled with about 2 litres of speise (from the original wort) and 50g dextrose to make up to 3.0 Vol CO2. Did not reserve enough speise for a 32 litre batch.

The beer tastes quite malty and wheaty yet dry, with banana, cloves and mild tartness.
I'm thinking that this should be OK when gassed, which will contribute to the drinkability and give some more dryness and carbonic bite. There is some solventy flavours, from runaway ferment temp last week when we hit the 4 days of hot weather, but that appears to be tempered due to the 7 days of lagering at close to freezing. Some may not have noticed it, but for this note.

Fingers crossed, it all gets to you OK.

I have some extra bottles from the 32 litre batch, coz I didn't want to brew a ball-tearer and then give it all away. I'm fairly happy with this, and will continue to refine and remake the beer. I must admit that this is only my second weizen since I moved to grain brewing, but we now know that my third attempt at the Berliner weisse came out well, and I brewed that 6 months ago.

Just knocking off a bottle of Trent's Dunkelweizen, # 89.
Look for number 18 on all my lids. Labels? Maybe not this time.

Seth out

 

[Doc]

I've been pulling consistent 15+ hour days for the last 3 weeks, but have my bottles all sterlised, and I'm really hoping to get an early mark to bottle tonight.
Absolute worst case up early on Sat to bottle and get them to Duff mid morning Saturday.
Still don't have milk crates, so will be some dodgy boxes, but there will be beer.

Beers,
Doc

 

[Weizguy]

Admire your dedication to the cause.

Seth

 

[berto]

OK guys, i came up 2 bottles short, but judging by the number of drop outs, i dont think that should matter. On my way to Duffs now for the drop off.

 

[berto]

Actually Duff, I'll be there either tomorrow or Sat morning, No Damn permanent marker so I can't do the lids. not to worry

 

[Barramundi]

2 bottles short !!.. shoot the production planner .... LOL ....
all good berto ,

i dropped my batch off at beer slayers this arvo ..

 

[berto]

The planning was fine. I haven't moved my fermenting fridge yet, so with the fermenter sitting in open view, it had an overly large amount of gravity readings/samples taken.

 

[Linz]

1. Duff - RyeIPA
2. Stuster - American Rye- ready to drink
3. goatherder - APA
4. Trent - Nut Brown Ale - Ready to Drink. Wyeast 1028.
5. DJR - Klsch - ready to drink.
6. Pint of Lager
7. Doc - Saison
8. Homebrewworld.com - APA
9. Chilled
10. Keith - Raspberry Wheat Beer (K&K&Fruit)
11. n00ch
12. mikem108-Wood aged Smokey Choc Vanilla Porter
13. Beer Slayer
14. Linz - Belgian Wit bier (like No16)-T-58-Just finished bottling it, so after 14/12/06 get into it !!
15. Shonky
16. Stephen - Hoegarden White - Will be ready to drink by the time of the swap. Yeast is cultured from Hoegarden Grand Cru. I've used this before and seems to work very well,
17. Hopsta - Brown Porter
18. Weizguy - Kmas Kase Weizen (Seth Weizen #2)
19. Thommo - Bitter
20. Barramundi
21. Barry - Munich Dunkel
22. Berto
23. Nifty - some sort of Old Peculier
24. Gerard_M - Something Dark
25. T.D. - Hunter Valley Pale Ale - ready to drink now - US56
26. Josh - Sparkling Ale
27. Philmac - American Brown
28. Crozdog - PhilsAle

 

[Hopsta]

1. Duff - RyeIPA
2. Stuster - American Rye- ready to drink
3. goatherder - APA
4. Trent - Nut Brown Ale - Ready to Drink. Wyeast 1028.
5. DJR - Klsch - ready to drink.
6. Pint of Lager
7. Doc - Saison
8. Homebrewworld.com - APA
9. Chilled
10. Keith - Raspberry Wheat Beer (K&K&Fruit)
11. n00ch
12. mikem108-Wood aged Smokey Choc Vanilla Porter
13. Beer Slayer
14. Linz - Belgian Wit bier (like No16)-T-58-Just finished bottling it, so after 14/12/06 get into it !!
15. Shonky
16. Stephen - Hoegarden White - Will be ready to drink by the time of the swap. Yeast is cultured from Hoegarden Grand Cru. I've used this before and seems to work very well,
17. Hopsta - Brown Porter - Best give it till after 08/12/06 to ensure enough carbonation.
18. Weizguy - Kmas Kase Weizen (Seth Weizen #2)
19. Thommo - Bitter
20. Barramundi
21. Barry - Munich Dunkel
22. Berto
23. Nifty - some sort of Old Peculier
24. Gerard_M - Something Dark
25. T.D. - Hunter Valley Pale Ale - ready to drink now - US56
26. Josh - Sparkling Ale
27. Philmac - American Brown
28. Crozdog - PhilsAle

 

[philmac]

Mmm Berto, you and I must have had the same maths teacher. I don't usually bottle and was sure I could
count to 28 but .... I'm three short. I even bottled 7 or 8 stubbies so it wasn't as if I didn't have enough -
I've included a few 'commercials' for the guys doing the sorting to do what they want with. With the drop
outs, shouldn't be a problem?

This exercise has been more stressful than I imagined. The plan was to keg and taking advice from a couple
of threads on 'Bottling From Kegs', use the Pluto to slowly fill the frozen bottles with cold beer. I was
expecting a little foaming. I had deliberately overcarbonated the beer a bit, dropped the pressure to very low
and had a go. Half a bottle was the best I could do.

Plan B was a similar brew that was put down on the planned bottling day. There was still time to ferment out
and bottle but it would be close. A couple of mates had been saving some bottles for me and after a closer
look they were 800ml! I never buy long necks and had no idea that 800ml was a new standard for some
megabreweries. Without reading back through the whole Case thread I got it into my head that bottles had to
be 750ml.

Next ring the HBS and order several dozen new bottles @ $1.45 per bottle. They arrived the next day and I
was relieved - until I measured the capacity - 730ml!

Eventually I did what I should have done and reread the whole thread again and realised that 800ml was fine.
Anyway, the beer should be at Duff's front door today. It was bottled on 26/11 so a few weeks should allow
enough carbonation.

If anyone wants some new 730ml bottles give me a yell .

There's a slab of 'special stuff' as well that I have asked Duff to share amongst the people who have made
the swap possible.

1. Duff - RyeIPA
2. Stuster - American Rye- ready to drink
3. goatherder - APA
4. Trent - Nut Brown Ale - Ready to Drink. Wyeast 1028.
5. DJR - Klsch - ready to drink.
6. Pint of Lager
7. Doc - Saison
8. Homebrewworld.com - APA
9. Chilled
10. Keith - Raspberry Wheat Beer (K&K&Fruit)
11. n00ch
12. mikem108-Wood aged Smokey Choc Vanilla Porter
13. Beer Slayer
14. Linz - Belgian Wit bier (like No16)-T-58-Just finished bottling it, so after 14/12/06 get into it !!
15. Shonky
16. Stephen - Hoegarden White - Will be ready to drink by the time of the swap. Yeast is cultured from Hoegarden Grand Cru. I've used this before and seems to work very well,
17. Hopsta - Brown Porter - Best give it till after 08/12/06 to ensure enough carbonation.
18. Weizguy - Kmas Kase Weizen (Seth Weizen #2)
19. Thommo - Bitter
20. Barramundi
21. Barry - Munich Dunkel
22. Berto
23. Nifty - some sort of Old Peculier
24. Gerard_M - Something Dark
25. T.D. - Hunter Valley Pale Ale - ready to drink now - US56
26. Josh - Sparkling Ale
27. Philmac - American Brown - leave until at least 21/12
28. Crozdog - PhilsAle


Cheers,
Phil

 

[homebrewworld.com]

Philmac,
Man, what a drama ...........................
Good on you for following it through to the finish line though.
Only if you had asked, i have stacks of bottles i could have helped you out with !

Anyway,
I am going into the garage right now to bottle mine :unsure: to drop at Beerslayers tonight.
Hope it goes ok, as i am not a seasoned bottler !
I have a couple of LCPA for the distributers for their work.

Cheers

 

[philmac]

Thanks anyway HBW.

It wasn't really a drama because I could see the funny side of it. Although I'll be a bit more generous next
time when people say they don't have any bottles. Don't have any bottles! Give me a break, they're
everywhere.

Cheers,
Phil

 

[Stuster]

1. Duff - RyeIPA
2. Stuster - American Rye- ready to drink - WLP320
3. goatherder - APA
4. Trent - Nut Brown Ale - Ready to Drink. Wyeast 1028.
5. DJR - Klsch - ready to drink.
6. Pint of Lager
7. Doc - Saison - WLP565
8. Homebrewworld.com - APA
9. Chilled
10. Keith - Raspberry Wheat Beer (K&K&Fruit)
11. n00ch
12. mikem108-Wood aged Smokey Choc Vanilla Porter
13. Beer Slayer
14. Linz - Belgian Wit bier (like No16)-T-58-Just finished bottling it, so after 14/12/06 get into it !!
15. Shonky
16. Stephen - Hoegarden White - Will be ready to drink by the time of the swap. Yeast is cultured from Hoegarden Grand Cru. I've used this before and seems to work very well,
17. Hopsta - Brown Porter - Best give it till after 08/12/06 to ensure enough carbonation.
18. Weizguy - Kmas Kase Weizen (Seth Weizen #2)
19. Thommo - Bitter
20. Barramundi
21. -
22. Berto
23. Nifty - some sort of Old Peculier
24. -
25. T.D. - Hunter Valley Pale Ale - ready to drink now - US56
26. Josh - Sparkling Ale
27. Philmac - American Brown - leave until at least 21/12
28. Crozdog - PhilsAle

Sounds like you are going the extra yard for the Xmas case, philmac. It seems it's worked out fine in the end but with some hassle along the way.

Just added the yeast I used. Forgot to add that last time. Can everyone add that info in so that those who want to re-culture up some yeast know what they can use. (Added your already, Doc. B) )

 

[DJR]

Mine's WLP029, but i added some US56 in secondary so whatever you culture is going to be a mixed breed. Probably still OK though for Kolsch/Alt/APA style beers.

1. Duff - RyeIPA
2. Stuster - American Rye- ready to drink - WLP320
3. goatherder - APA
4. Trent - Nut Brown Ale - Ready to Drink. Wyeast 1028.
5. DJR - Klsch - ready to drink. WLP029/US56 mix.
6. Pint of Lager
7. Doc - Saison - WLP565
8. Homebrewworld.com - APA
9. Chilled
10. Keith - Raspberry Wheat Beer (K&K&Fruit)
11. n00ch
12. mikem108-Wood aged Smokey Choc Vanilla Porter
13. Beer Slayer
14. Linz - Belgian Wit bier (like No16)-T-58-Just finished bottling it, so after 14/12/06 get into it !!
15. Shonky
16. Stephen - Hoegarden White - Will be ready to drink by the time of the swap. Yeast is cultured from Hoegarden Grand Cru. I've used this before and seems to work very well,
17. Hopsta - Brown Porter - Best give it till after 08/12/06 to ensure enough carbonation.
18. Weizguy - Kmas Kase Weizen (Seth Weizen #2)
19. Thommo - Bitter
20. Barramundi
21. -
22. Berto
23. Nifty - some sort of Old Peculier
24. -
25. T.D. - Hunter Valley Pale Ale - ready to drink now - US56
26. Josh - Sparkling Ale
27. Philmac - American Brown - leave until at least 21/12
28. Crozdog - PhilsAle

 

[Thommo]

Sounds like a few people have had some dramas.

I was bottling away under the house. Looked up and saw four bottles, but I could swear I'd already bottled 25!!! A quick count confirmed it.

"Bugger." I've cleaned, primed, and sanitised 28 bottles, but somehow an uncleaned, unprimed bottle had squirmed it's way into the bottling process. Another, more careful count, and I realised I only had 13 bottles in my "full" crate. Thankfully, no one should get a surprise flat or infected beer from me this christmas.

1. Duff - RyeIPA
2. Stuster - American Rye- ready to drink
3. goatherder - APA
4. Trent - Nut Brown Ale - Ready to Drink. Wyeast 1028.
5. DJR - Klsch - ready to drink.
6. Pint of Lager
7. Doc - Saison
8. Homebrewworld.com - APA
9. Chilled
10. Keith - Raspberry Wheat Beer (K&K&Fruit)
11. n00ch
12. mikem108-Wood aged Smokey Choc Vanilla Porter
13. Beer Slayer
14. Linz - Belgian Wit bier (like No16)-T-58-Just finished bottling it, so after 14/12/06 get into it !!
15. Shonky
16. Stephen - Hoegarden White - Will be ready to drink by the time of the swap. Yeast is cultured from Hoegarden Grand Cru. I've used this before and seems to work very well,
17. Hopsta - Brown Porter - Best give it till after 08/12/06 to ensure enough carbonation.
18. Weizguy - Kmas Kase Weizen (Seth Weizen #2)
19. Thommo - Bitter, bottled 30/11/2006. Leave it two weeks. - US56
20. Barramundi
21. Barry - Munich Dunkel
22. Berto
23. Nifty - some sort of Old Peculier
24. Gerard_M - Something Dark
25. T.D. - Hunter Valley Pale Ale - ready to drink now - US56
26. Josh - Sparkling Ale
27. Philmac - American Brown - leave until at least 21/12
28. Crozdog - PhilsAle

 

[philmac]

Added yeast. Good 'ol 1056.

1. Duff - RyeIPA
2. Stuster - American Rye- ready to drink
3. goatherder - APA
4. Trent - Nut Brown Ale - Ready to Drink. Wyeast 1028.
5. DJR - Klsch - ready to drink.
6. Pint of Lager
7. Doc - Saison
8. Homebrewworld.com - APA
9. Chilled
10. Keith - Raspberry Wheat Beer (K&K&Fruit)
11. n00ch
12. mikem108-Wood aged Smokey Choc Vanilla Porter
13. Beer Slayer
14. Linz - Belgian Wit bier (like No16)-T-58-Just finished bottling it, so after 14/12/06 get into it !!
15. Shonky
16. Stephen - Hoegarden White - Will be ready to drink by the time of the swap. Yeast is cultured from Hoegarden Grand Cru. I've used this before and seems to work very well,
17. Hopsta - Brown Porter - Best give it till after 08/12/06 to ensure enough carbonation.
18. Weizguy - Kmas Kase Weizen (Seth Weizen #2)
19. Thommo - Bitter, bottled 30/11/2006. Leave it two weeks. - US56
20. Barramundi
21. Barry - Munich Dunkel
22. Berto
23. Nifty - some sort of Old Peculier
24. Gerard_M - Something Dark
25. T.D. - Hunter Valley Pale Ale - ready to drink now - US56
26. Josh - Sparkling Ale
27. Philmac - American Brown - leave until at least 21/12 - 1056
28. Crozdog - PhilsAle

 

[Hopsta]

Yeast update

1. Duff - RyeIPA
2. Stuster - American Rye- ready to drink
3. goatherder - APA
4. Trent - Nut Brown Ale - Ready to Drink. Wyeast 1028.
5. DJR - Klsch - ready to drink.
6. Pint of Lager
7. Doc - Saison
8. Homebrewworld.com - APA
9. Chilled
10. Keith - Raspberry Wheat Beer (K&K&Fruit)
11. n00ch
12. mikem108-Wood aged Smokey Choc Vanilla Porter
13. Beer Slayer
14. Linz - Belgian Wit bier (like No16)-T-58-Just finished bottling it, so after 14/12/06 get into it !!
15. Shonky
16. Stephen - Hoegarden White - Will be ready to drink by the time of the swap. Yeast is cultured from Hoegarden Grand Cru. I've used this before and seems to work very well,
17. Hopsta - Brown Porter - Nottingham yeast - Best give it till after 08/12/06 to ensure enough carbonation.
18. Weizguy - Kmas Kase Weizen (Seth Weizen #2)
19. Thommo - Bitter, bottled 30/11/2006. Leave it two weeks. - US56
20. Barramundi
21. Barry - Munich Dunkel
22. Berto
23. Nifty - some sort of Old Peculier
24. Gerard_M - Something Dark
25. T.D. - Hunter Valley Pale Ale - ready to drink now - US56
26. Josh - Sparkling Ale
27. Philmac - American Brown - leave until at least 21/12
28. Crozdog - PhilsAle